Where I chronicle my adventures following false leads, untangling family relationships, looking for needles in haystacks (and sometimes finding them), and consider the joys--and sometimes the troubles--of genealogy and roots.

Just your basic obsessed genealogical researcher.

operating from the wilds of the West Central Illinois factory agricultural landscape. I hope to get my website up soon, with my .gedcom and family notes. Meanwhile, if you have questions about one of the surnames on my list, contact me and maybe we can swap info.

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Sunday, June 8, 2008

I've been neglecting this blog shamefully. The truth is that genealogy is one of those things I do in spurts. Since I do a lot of work online, I find that if I go 4-6 months between spurts, that's enough time for new information to turn up on my favorite sites.

I want so much to go to my mother's hometown to do some actual on-site research--the local historical and genealogical societies, county records, newspaper records. It's only a few hours drive, but my 1992 Dodge Caravan is not really anything I want to do highway driving with, bless its little heart. But I just came into a little money--not a lot, but it might be enough to finance a trip. So I'm thinking of renting a car, boarding the dogs, finding a place to stay--I think there are some B&Bs nearby-- and driving over to spend maybe 3 or 4 days with my laptop and camera and travel drive. And maybe some photos--I think I still have kin there, and maybe someone could identify some of these people for me.